Gluten-free Spanakopita from Vefa’s Kitchen

This dish is not true spanakopita, but it is gluten-free. For those of you who can no longer eat filo pastry and the dish that made it famous, this recipe is for you! Spinach, feta cheese, mint, yogurt and corn meal. What more could you ask for? And to be perfectly honest, I prefer this dish to its filo wrapped counterpart.

Something that is preferable to spanakopita? How can that be?

First off, it is a million times easier to prepare, which makes it a perfect meal for a weeknight supper (and you will have a nice slice or two for lunch the next day). Secondly, it is better for you. Instead of crunching through butter-basted white flour filo pastry you are chewing through fibre-rich cornmeal. And finally, to be quite honest, I find it much tastier than traditional spanakopita.

I am sure that my glorious recommendations have peaked you interest. This recipe has that effect. When I first flipped though Vefa’s Kitchen this recipe immediately caught my eye and it was the first recipe that I made from this cookbook.

For some unexplained reason my husband does not enjoy this dish. I have no idea why. In this case, I suggest you ignore his opinion and go with your gut instinct. On my end, I am taking advantage of EPC’s work trip this week and devouring this fantastic dish myself!

Oh Kelley!
You changed my life when you gave me this recipe! it is Sooo Yum!
Also it is super easy to play around with – once I added grated sweet potato to the top layer of corn meal. I also like to add little chunks of red bell pepper to the mix and sprinkle a bit of cheddar on top a few minutes b/4 I take it out of the oven!
It’s addictive!